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Light-flyweight Luis Yanez was kicked off the U.S. Olympic boxing team for skipping three weeks of residency training without getting permission or even telling USA Boxing where he was, team coach Dan Campbell said. USA Boxing removed Yanez from the Beijing squad after the 106-pound fighter refused to return to the team's training program in Colorado Springs for most of June, Campbell said. Yanez also avoided contact with his national team coaches, who became concerned for his safety.

The Illinois attorney general's office is looking into circumstances involving alleged personal use of charitable funds by a former treasurer of the Chicago Golden Gloves, a spokeswoman told the Tribune on Wednesday. The spokeswoman said the office has begun an inquiry after Chicagoland Golden Gloves Charities - the nonprofit that hosts the annual boxing tournament - filed a registration form April 7 that included an addendum stating, "During 2012, the treasurer removed funds from the...

When members of USA Boxing's national board of governors met last weekend in Rosemont, they faced a harsh mandate: Resign or be knocked out as amateur boxing's governing body. If the 200-plus-member board declined to adopt a reform plan that included dissolving itself, USA Boxing would lose its certification and funding from the U.S. Olympic Committee. The USOC has been evaluating various national governing bodies of amateur sports that send U.S. teams to the Olympics. As an overseer empowered...

USA Boxing, which oversees U.S. amateur boxing, has announced its board of directors has dissolved its Illinois chapter, dividing all responsibilities between Wisconsin and Indiana. The decision was because of the state chapter's failure for several years to file federal tax returns, leading to its revocation as a nonprofit by the Internal Revenue Service -- and jeopardizing the nonprofit status of USA Boxing according to executive director Anthony Bartkowski. He said that the change...

Donell Lindsey, 28, died Tuesday, two days after he collapsed during an amateur boxing tournament. His coach, Clem Tucker, confirmed the death, as did USA Boxing, the sport's amateur governing body. St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, where Lindsey was listed in critical condition Monday, declined to release information at the family's request. KSTP-TV reported that Lindsey's life-support system was withdrawn shortly after noon Tuesday. Lindsey fell after his opponent landed a glancing...

The prosecutor strode alongside the jury box in Cook County criminal court, fixing her eyes on the baby-faced young man who sat hunched and nervous in the small, square witness stand. "You're a trained boxer, you know how to hit?" Assistant State's Attorney Mary Jo Murtaugh asked forcefully. Semajay Thomas shrugged his shoulders. He was used to fighting in a boxing ring. But here in this cramped box, there was nowhere to move and no bell to save him if he...

Young amateur boxers soon will be able to test their skills at a monthly boxing event in the Sabre Room. The City Council last week approved a six-month trial for the bouts, which will be run by Palos Hills-based Chicagoland Sports and Entertainment and sanctioned by USA Boxing. Don Lenza, who runs Chicagoland Sports and Entertainment, said the events would have high safety standards. He also said other boxing events he has held in the area have not posed any problems for police.

Light-flyweight Luis Yanez was kicked off the U.S. Olympic boxing team for skipping three weeks of residency training without getting permission or even telling USA Boxing where he was, team coach Dan Campbell said. USA Boxing removed Yanez from the Beijing squad after the 106-pound fighter refused to return to the team's training program in Colorado Springs for most of June, Campbell said. Yanez also avoided contact with his national team coaches, who became concerned for his safety.

Rau'shee Warren is trying to compete in consecutive Olympics, something no U.S. boxer has done in 32 years. It will be much harder for the 112-pounder to do what no U.S. boxer has done in eight years: win a gold medal at the World Boxing Championships, which begin Tuesday at the UIC Pavilion. USA Boxing officials admit that, even in the absence of the formidable Cuban team, Warren is likely the only American with a title shot in the 12-day meet. He needs only to make the top eight to...

The "USA ... USA ... USA" chant that came across loud and clear during two of Friday's matches at the UIC Pavilion will grow in intensity Saturday when welterweight Demetrius Andrade and flyweight Rau'shee Warren step into the ring to fight for gold medals at the World Boxing Championships. Andrade pounded out a compelling 22-6 victory over Turkey's Adem Kilicci and Warren earned a 26-13 decision over Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan in their semifinal bouts. Both will clash with Thai...

It will be great to have an official USA Boxing training center in the South, says ex-heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield. When he was on the 1984 Olympic team, he had to go to Colorado Springs to train, he said at the groundbreaking for USA Boxing's southern training center. "The majority of good fighters are from the South," said Holyfield, of Atlanta. "Now this facility will give people in the southeastern part of the country the perfect place where they can come and train."

Rau'shee Warren is trying to compete in consecutive Olympics, something no U.S. boxer has done in 32 years. It will be much harder for the 112-pounder to do what no U.S. boxer has done in eight years: win a gold medal at the World Boxing Championships, which begin Tuesday at the UIC Pavilion. USA Boxing officials admit that, even in the absence of the formidable Cuban team, Warren is likely the only American with a title shot in the 12-day meet. He needs only to make the top eight to...

U.S. Boxing coaches have called a truce with their buddies from NBC. Kind of. Critical of NBC executives for not showing boxing during nightly prime-time slots, USA Boxing finally stepped into prominence when Antonio Tarver's first-round stoppage against Sierra Leone's David Kowah was shown on tape-delay Sunday afternoon. Only problem: The fight lasted 2:43. "Would you believe the first time we had a chance to get 15 minutes on TV, and we only get four minutes of airtime?" head coach Al Mitchell...

Rau'shee Warren is trying to compete in consecutive Olympics, something no U.S. boxer has done in 32 years. It will be much harder for the 112-pounder to do what no U.S. boxer has done in eight years: win a gold medal at the World Boxing Championships, which begin Tuesday at the UIC Pavilion. USA Boxing officials admit that, even in the absence of the formidable Cuban team, Warren is likely the only American with a title shot in the 12-day meet. He needs only to make the top eight to...

The Illinois attorney general's office is looking into circumstances involving alleged personal use of charitable funds by a former treasurer of the Chicago Golden Gloves, a spokeswoman told the Tribune on Wednesday. The spokeswoman said the office has begun an inquiry after Chicagoland Golden Gloves Charities - the nonprofit that hosts the annual boxing tournament - filed a registration form April 7 that included an addendum stating, "During 2012, the treasurer removed funds from the...

In the sad farce that Olympic-style boxing has become over the last two decades, it would be hard to determine which organization responsible was the bigger joke. Was it USA Boxing, with its financial improprieties of the 1990s, its seven temporary or full-time executive directors since 2001, its takeover by the U.S. Olympic Committee in 2002 and the consistently declining performance of its athletes? Or was it the International Boxing Association (AIBA), with the financial improprieties and...

Just as women's boxing is getting a boost in popularity from the Academy Award-winning movie "Million Dollar Baby," it has suffered a tragedy that evokes imagery from the movie. A 34-year-old college geography teacher, whose passion for sports and boxing led her into Golden Gloves competition, has died of head injuries suffered in a bout Saturday night in Denver. Becky Zerlentes of Ft. Collins, Colo., is the first woman amateur boxer to die in a sanctioned bout, according to USA Boxing,...

The 2007 World Boxing Championships likely will take place in Chicago in October, sources familiar with the situation told the Tribune on Wednesday. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced Wednesday it has awarded the event, originally scheduled for Moscow, to USA Boxing, which now must select a host city. The boxing championships, with athletes from 100 countries, could be the first big international sports event to come to Chicago after its selection on Saturday as U.S....

Less than two years out of prison, Chicagoan Michael Bennett has made long strides quickly as an amateur boxer, fighting his way to the threshold of realizing his Olympic dream. Now he faces an opponent he cannot defeat with his fists. Call it regulations, preventive caution or bureaucratic red tape. By whatever name, it has Bennett in a clinch as effective as that of the cleverest defensive boxer. Because Bennett, 28, has a criminal record, having served seven years on an armed robbery...

When members of USA Boxing's national board of governors met last weekend in Rosemont, they faced a harsh mandate: Resign or be knocked out as amateur boxing's governing body. If the 200-plus-member board declined to adopt a reform plan that included dissolving itself, USA Boxing would lose its certification and funding from the U.S. Olympic Committee. The USOC has been evaluating various national governing bodies of amateur sports that send U.S. teams to the Olympics. As an overseer empowered...